Customs office Austria: over 9 billion euros in income in 2024!

Customs office Austria: over 9 billion euros in income in 2024!

The activities of the Austria (ZAÖ) activities made an impressive contribution to state revenue in the first nine months of 2024. As 5min.at during this time were drawn in taxes during this time, including about 2.7 billion euros by mineral oil tax and round 1.6 billion euros from tobacco tax. Overall, the state revenues from customs duties and taxes reached the impressive sum of around 9.3 billion euros. Finance Minister Gunter Mayr emphasized the essential role of customs for the budget and the safety of citizens that are protected from illegal goods and organized crime.

checks and attacks

The customs officers also carried out elaborate controls during this time. With around 107.8 million entrances and exits, over 73,000 checks were carried out, with more than 24,000 findings being made. In addition, a remarkable drug procedure at Vienna Airport succeeded when customs officers discovered over 170,000 cigarettes in the suitcases of three travelers from Cairo, 50 kilograms of shisha tobacco and 6,276 potency pills. The money controls were also active, with 77 attacks of not registered cash worth around 4.1 million euros.

In the area of ​​species protection, over 2,500 animal and plant products were confiscated, including extraordinary finds such as 200 living leeches that were transported in a bucket. During a further check at the end of June, sixteen dog puppies that were to be smuggled illegally from Bulgaria were saved. With these actions, the heroic customs officers show how important their work is for the protection of citizens and the protection of species, as is described in the reports of wikipedia